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A. NOVICK BLANK HOLDER Filed Dec. 19, 1927 W BYZ R O T N E V m ATTORNEYS ABRAILAM release @ct. 2e; lei- 1 BLANK nominal Application filed Decembe f1e, 192 7;:i;seri i NoQ lLOOl.

'7 This invention relates to-blank holders,

and has for its object to provide simple and efiicient means for holding amultiplicity of blanks in orderly, stacked form for handling and shipping. v v a It is'an object of the invention to provide a stack holder which can be made at small expense, and which will function etficiently, i

, with assurance that no disarrangement of the blanks will be permitted; i

It is a furtherobject of the. invention to provide means for retaining the blank stack in assembled relation with'the holder; which means can be conveniently applied tothe' holder and can alsobe readily detachedtheree from when it is desired to release the blanks for use. Y j

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear. p j V In the drawings forming a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is an elevation showinga stack of blanks held together by holdingfmeans embodying the present invention; I

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a bottom, plan vlewof the assembly shown in Figure l; and

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Figure 4 is an enlarged, bottom plan view showing the relation of the holding and looking members. a I

For purposes of illustration, disclosure is made in the drawings of astack offastener',

blanks 1, of a type employed for detachably fastening the seal flap of an envelope down to the body thereof. These blanks at the stage shown in the drawings are flat'and are providediwith body members 2 and. 8 and 1 with ends arms 4 and 5. The blanks are designed to be introduced into the magazine of a machine ofa kind well known in the art,

in whichmachine prongs are formed'in the I bodymembers 2 and 3 and these prongsare clinched to the back of the enVeIOpe ready v for use. By folding thearms l and 5'of an attached fastener upward into substantial parallelism, passing them through a hold in the envelope flap, and, then folding them down, the flapmay beheld closed but with j tortable are bendable to a limited extent. Thelegs 7 .and ;8 extend beyond thegstack as ,positere entrant angles ofthe blankistack soas to embrace and interfit withthe blanks.

novrox, or unearned new YORK,"rssl mmo ar smiirnnivmonmn V again bend v This staple likefholding member 6 may be ofconsiderable length, and the legs, although resilient and not, therefore, permanentlyidisshown, and provision is made of a holding s p ate 9 an a ele k ns P a e 10, both. of which are impaled upon; theproj eoting portions; of

- such maintain the stack against sepia.- ration from or disarrangementrelative tothe holding member 6. [The holding plate 9 has implaling"holes iformed therein which may be 7 spaced apartlapproximately the same distance as the: normal spacing ofthe staple legs "7 and 8.: The-locking plate 10' desirably originally of identically-the samegconstruction as the holding. plate 9, although it has been sjl1own as, of slightly smallerfdimensiQnS in theidrawings,v for cle arness, of illustration. For the purpose of d1m1nishing, the distance between thefimpaling hang; of} the locking plate 10 itispermanentlydistorted by bend 1 ing betweerrits ends so" that the-spacing between the; impaling holes is somewhat less than the normal spacingoffthfi legs 7 and 8 rfthe staple-like.holdingineniber With h s... on$t t I h m efx sho d ns pla la p th s ap e eg o no P o uce id std t on'ifi reotb t n e emainfa n 1 h stack sa ng' ensth hf i' aidf g Pa al e ism sog ha -i s ltrans m nt the s es ns-gu d g st -:T e mpeli g Qf however,- tendstoichangethe distance between the projecting endsofthe: legs, and thereby 9 puts the legs under stress. As the plate 10 is'forced toward the plate 9, the stress increases so that the outer sides of the legs 7 and 8 become frictionally bound against theimpaling holes in locking plate 10, an'd the inner sides of the legs 7 and-8 are forced into frictional binding engagement with the impaling holes in holding plate 9. With the arrangement described, thereis no danger of accidental misplacement' of the.

holding plate'9, and hence no danger of dis-' arrangement of the stack. When it is desired to release the stack from the holding member, however, it is'a simple'matter. to Withdraw firstthe locking plate 10 and then the holding plate 9- from the legs of .the holdin member 6;" a

' hile I have illustrated and describedin detail certain preferred "forms of my in-ven tion, it is'tobe understood that changes may be made therein and the invention embodied in other structures. '1 do not, therefore del sire to limit myself to the specific construe tions illustrated, but intend to cover my in-. vent-ion broadly in whatever form its principle'may' be utilized." "Iclaimi y 1. A1 stack holder for a multiplicity of blanks, lcomprisingan open-mouthed staplelike memberihaving the "legs thereo'l' interfittingwith the blanks, a holding member removably impaled on the legs of the staplelike member, and locking member'als'o removably' impaled on the legs ofthe staplelikeiniember'in frictionalbinding relation I III r m a stack holder for a multiplicity of bl fnksiwmpr singaStaple-like member hav= ing bendable legstinterfittingiwith the blanks and projecting therebeyond and terminating 4 in an open, mouth,fa, holding ime mber remov ably impaled on 'the projectingxlegs'of the staple -like member, the leg receiving holes thereof being spaced approximately the same as the legs, and a locking'member also re? movably impaled oi'i'the legs ofthe staplelike member, the. legireceiving holes of the locking membenbeing spaced differently from the holesof the holding member, whereby the holding and locking members cooper+ ate to stress'the legs and cause them tobe ing members. 7 I

3. A stack holder for a multiplicity of blanks, comprising a staple-like member hav ingbendable'leg'sinter-fitting with the blanks and terminating inanopen'mouth, and a holding member'impaled onthe legs of the stapleflikememberandadapted to stress and frictionally-bind-upon said legs."

' fornied therein, said holder comprisinga L staplef like; member embracingzthe stack and 1 7 having the'legs thereof engaging therebound'frietionallyfto the holdingand: lockj "4. A holder fora'stackofshim-like make; Y i 7 each blank having opposite re-entrant angles 

